Sri Nihal Tammana | |
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 Sri Nihal Tammana at the CNN Heroes 2022 award ceremony | |
| Born | 2009 |
| Nationality | Indian-American |
| Occupation | Environmental campaigner |
| Years active | 2019–present |
| Known for | Founder of Recycle My Battery |
| Website | https://recyclemybattery.org |
Sri Nihal Tammana is an American environmental campaigner who specializes in battery recycling. [1] [2] [3] [4]
He is founder of the US-based non-profit organization, Recycle My Battery. His nonprofit installs free battery recycling bins and educates students and adults about battery recycling. [5] By end of 2024, the organization had recycled nearly 585,000 used batteries and educated over 38 millions of people about battery recycling. [4] [6] [7]
Tammana has since made a number of media appearances, including a live appearance on CNN, [8] featuring on the Japanese TV network Fuji TV, [9] a TED talk called "Saving earth, one battery at a time", [10] and an upcoming appearance on BBC. [11] He delivered his second TED talk called "Recycle My Battery: Empowering Communities" about issue of battery waste, in 2023. [12]
Tammana was also featured on Time for Kids, as one of the Kid Heroes of the Planet. [13]
On October 7, 2023, Recycle My Battery broke a Guinness World Record for the Longest Line of Batteries by placing 31,204 batteries in a line. The previous record stood at 1,380 batteries. [14] [15]
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